A Sprawling Bot Network Used Fake Porn to Fool Facebook
In November 2021, Tord Lundström, the technical director at Swedish digital forensics nonprofit Qurium Media, noticed something strange. A massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack...
Twitch’s Crypto Casino Ban Ignores the Bigger Play
During a heavily watched Twitch stream on September 18, UK-based creator Sliker delivered a tearful admission to his audience. “It’s time for the truth,” he said...
Twitter Finally Gets an Edit Button
Another issue naysayers are likely to have with Twitter’s edit feature as currently designed is that it initially hides the context of what was changed from...
The Twitter Whistleblower Plays Right Into Elon Musk’s Hands
“This throws gasoline into the fire around the bot issue with Musk and Twitter,” says Dan Ives, managing director and senior equity analyst at Wedbush Securities....
Kenya’s Threat to Ban Facebook Could Backfire
In June, Global Witness and Foxglove found that Meta continued to approve ads in Amharic targeting Ethiopian users that included hate speech and calls for violence....
Big Tech Can’t Stop Obsessing Over Apple and TikTok
Every three months, Wall Street watches with anticipation for bumper results from Big Tech companies. Over the course of a little more than a week, Snap,...
BeReal Basics: How to Use the ‘Unfiltered’ Social Media App
A French social media platform launched by Alexis Barreyat in 2020, BeReal recently reached the top of the free download charts on iOS, surpassing TikTok. The...
Meta Was Restricting Abortion Content All Along
Johnsen’s experience is common in the pro-choice activist community. Most of the people who spoke to WIRED say their content appeared to have been removed automatically...
China Is Tightening Its Grip on Big Tech
Giving the government final approval on whether, for instance, an algorithm could prejudice against a particular group of people, is potentially a model that could be...
Meta Made Millions in Ads From Networks of Fake Accounts
When Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg was called to testify before Congress in 2018, he was asked by Senator Orin Hatch how Facebook made money. Zuckerberg’s answer has...